Last month, Senate Democrats warned that "Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade." Ironically, they used ChatGPT to come to that conclusion. DAIR Research Associate Sophie Song joins us to unpack the issues when self-professed worker advocates use chatbots for "research."

Sophie Song is a researcher, organizer, and advocate working at the intersection of tech and social justice. They’re a research associate at DAIR, where they're working with Alex on building the Luddite Lab Resource Hub.

References:

Senate report: AI and Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade
Senator Sanders' AI Report Ignores the Data on AI and Inequality

Also referenced:

MAIHT3k Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job
Humlum paper: Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
Emily's blog post: Scholarship should be open, inclusive and slow

Fresh AI Hell:

Tech companies compelling vibe coding
arXiv is overwhelmed by LLM slop
'Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced
If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here
Gen AI campaign against ranked choice voting
Chaser: Workplace AI Implementation Bingo

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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
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You Talked to Workers for This Labor Research... Right? (with Sophie Song), 2025.11.17

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